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Abstract
Since the terror attacks in New York on September 11th 2001, there has been much interest in exploring the rise in hostility towards Muslims globally. Statistics on hate crime prove that those most targeted are women, however knowledge of the ways in which their reports are handled by the police, and the extent to which they are helped by support services has been scant. Accordingly, this thesis aims to address such deficiencies by synthesising the testimonies of three groups: victims of hate crime; advocates and activists; and police officers and policy professionals. Juxtaposing these voices facilitates an exploration of when, where, why and how there is divergence or convergence in the understandings and experiences of institutional responses to Islamophobia.
The empirical material explores three key ideas. Firstly, the theory of speech acts/performativity casts a light on the disconnection between institutional policies and actions. Hence, there is an urgent need to invest in external scrutiny groups and minority ethnic women’s services. Secondly, the lens of geotrauma – which brings together spatial, post-colonial and embodied dimensions of hurt – explores how institutional routines can protract the pain of Islamophobia. Thus, geotrauma-informed approaches ought to be embedded in institutional activities. Thirdly, the framework of attunement and embodied emotions elucidates the deep listening and care-full labour that informal networks (like family/friends) and specialist advocates/activists provide for Muslim women in the aftermath of Islamophobia. Such forms of relationality need to be enacted by institutions if criminal and civil justice outcomes for Muslim women are to be increased.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges > College of Life & Environmental Sciences | |||||||||
| School or Department: | School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences | |||||||||
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council | |||||||||
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/15110 |
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